Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel is a municipality in the southwest of Cornwall. It lies at the mouth of the Fowey. Lostwithiel has many medieval houses and is, despite the rainy weather, a popular resort.

History

Lostwithiel was, together with the neighboring parish of Lanlivery 1304-1832 constituency of the British House of Commons. Since 1702 it was considered a "rotten borough ", a community that MPs sent, although it was insignificant or even uninhabited. In Lostwithiel members of the corporation were eligible to vote, they agreed in principle to the Earls of Mount Edgcumbe, the zuschusterten them money. 1816 the corporation had 24 members. 1831, the municipality had 1047 inhabitants and consisted of 303 houses.

Nearby took place on August 13, 1644 the Battle of Lostwithiel between the parliamentary troops under Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex and King Charles I instead, which ended with the withdrawal of Essex on the Tamar.

Listed Buildings

  • St. Bartholomew Church
  • Bridge across the Fowey
  • Masonic Home

Famous citizens

The town is twinned with Pleyber-Christ in Brittany.

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